James logan



UNITED STATES y PATENT OFFICE..

JAMES LOGAN, OF WATERLOO, NEW YORK.

GRAVE RECEPTACLE OR VAULT.

SPEC!IFICATION4 forming' part of Letters Patent No. 275,883, dated April 17, 1883.

Application filed January 19, 1883.

To all whom z't may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES LOGAN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Waterloo, in the county of Seneca and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grave Receptacles or Vaults, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to vault-receptacles for cotlns, said vault consisting of artificial stone made in the ground by means of the portable mold granted to me in Letters Patent No. 265,522, October 3, 1882. 4

lt further consists in a vault cap or cover and rest for same, all of which will be more fully set forth in the specification and pointed out in the drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the several elements involved in my device, and Fig. 2 a section of the vault when covered by the cap and artificial stone.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the receptacle A is made of any suitable artificial stone that will quickly harden and be impervious to water. l preferably use hydraulic cement and sand, as being cheap and readily obtained. In this connection I use the portable mold above referred to, the sections ot' the mold being made rectangular instead of circular, as shown in my patent above referred to.

The construction and operation are as follows:

The grave is dug of a larger size than the mold, and a layer of the artificial stone placed in the bottom of the grave, and the mold placed on this layer and the cement poured between the mold and earth. The mold is allowed to remain until this substance has set. The mold is then removed and the coffin-rests C slipped down into the grooves e, molded on the inside of the vault for this purpose. The coffin is supported by these rests, and is raised sufficiently above the bottom of the vault to permit the ready removal of the lowering cords or straps. The cross bars d are then placed in the openings g in the top of said rests to support the cover or cap B. This cap is made of sheet metal or wood, or part wood and part metal. On the top of the cap are (No model.)

two hooks or catch pieces,-b b, by means of which the cap is lowered so as to rest on the cross-bars d. This cap comes just to the inside edges of the newly-made vault, and after being placed in position is covered with the artificial stone in the form of an arch, as shown at G, Fig. 2, the stone covering being of a corresponding thickness with the sides of the vault, and sets 7 or hardens with said'sides, so as to form an integral vaultand cover. The earth is thrown on this cover and the grave filled up. The rests O are made of wood or iron 5 but l prefer to use cast-iron. lhe crossbars darealsomadeof woodoriron. The vault is made about two or three inches higher and lwider than the coffin-box.

A vault constructed of the material and in the manner described is air and water tight and will preserve the coffin and remains for ages. By means of the rests O and the crossbars the weight of the cap and superincumbent mass of earth is distributed over the bottom of the vault, and the danger and liability of breaking the stone covering G are therefore avoided.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A grave vault or receptacle made of artificial stone in the manner described, and provided with grooves or channels in the sides for the reception of cofiin-supports, substantially as and. for the purpose set forth.

2. A grave-vault made of artificial stone and provided with one or more interior removable cofn supports, whereby the coffin is raised above the bottom of said vault, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A grave-vault, as described, in combination with the coffin-supports, and a detachable cover resting upon said supports and adapted to receive and support a covering of artificial stone and the superincumbent earth, as and for the purpose set forth.

et. The combination, with a grave-vault, of a detachable cover provided with hooks or catches, whereby the cap can be lowered on the vault and the lowering means removed, as set forth.

5. The coffin-supports C, having recesses in their top for the reception of cross-bars d, and adapted to enter grooves in the sides of the vault and supportthe cofn above the bottom In testimony whereof I ax my signature,

of the vault, as set forth. in presence of two Witnesses, this 18th day of 6. The combination, with a grave-vault of January, 1883.

artificial stone, made as described, of the coffin- 5 supports, and a. detachable cover or cap pro- JAMES LOGAN.

` vided with hooks or catches, said cover or cap beingcovered witharticial-stone,which,when VVitneSSeS: set, becomes integral with the vault., and. thus W. J. NEWTON, renders it air and water tight, substantially as J. H. MACDONALD.

o set forth. 

